Bruce Kellman, who spent 42 years as a staff photographer for The News Tribune, died Monday. He was 66.
Kellman shot photos of everything from soldiers shipping out to Vietnam, to the construction of the Tacoma Dome, to the Puyallup Tribe storming the Cushman Hospital building. He also shot the small moments of life that build a community's visual history.
He retired from the newspaper in 2007 after being diagnosed with bronchiectasis, a rare disease that destroys the airways. He received a double lung transplant in 2010. He died at home, surrounded by family members.
Kellman's career spanned generations. He was delighted when a local family alerted him that he had made a photo of a high school football player virtually identical to one he had shot of the boy's father more than 20 years earlier.
Kellman had a love for shooting football. He was on the sidelines most every Saturday and Sunday, covering college and professional teams. He traveled with the Huskies and Cougars to their Rose Bowl appearances, and to Detroit to shoot the Seahawks in the 2006 Super Bowl.
Kellman was born April 17, 1945, in Sycamore, Ill., and moved with his family to Selah, Wash., when he was in high school. He bought his first camera at age 9 from lawn-mowing proceeds, and got his first job photographing a wedding for a commercial studio in Yakima when he was 15. With that money, he bought a car, even though he wasn't old enough to drive.
Kellman spent his last two years of college at the University of Puget Sound, where he was yearbook photographer, graduating in 1967. During that time, he started work at The News Tribune and settled in Tacoma with his wife, Joyce, to raise their daughters, Elizabeth and Emily, and son, David.
After he retired, Kellman spent time with his family, entertaining his six grandchildren with his backyard railroad.
Kellman shot photos of everything from soldiers shipping out to Vietnam, to the construction of the Tacoma Dome, to the Puyallup Tribe storming the Cushman Hospital building. He also shot the small moments of life that build a community's visual history.
He retired from the newspaper in 2007 after being diagnosed with bronchiectasis, a rare disease that destroys the airways. He received a double lung transplant in 2010. He died at home, surrounded by family members.
Kellman's career spanned generations. He was delighted when a local family alerted him that he had made a photo of a high school football player virtually identical to one he had shot of the boy's father more than 20 years earlier.
Kellman had a love for shooting football. He was on the sidelines most every Saturday and Sunday, covering college and professional teams. He traveled with the Huskies and Cougars to their Rose Bowl appearances, and to Detroit to shoot the Seahawks in the 2006 Super Bowl.
Kellman was born April 17, 1945, in Sycamore, Ill., and moved with his family to Selah, Wash., when he was in high school. He bought his first camera at age 9 from lawn-mowing proceeds, and got his first job photographing a wedding for a commercial studio in Yakima when he was 15. With that money, he bought a car, even though he wasn't old enough to drive.
Kellman spent his last two years of college at the University of Puget Sound, where he was yearbook photographer, graduating in 1967. During that time, he started work at The News Tribune and settled in Tacoma with his wife, Joyce, to raise their daughters, Elizabeth and Emily, and son, David.
After he retired, Kellman spent time with his family, entertaining his six grandchildren with his backyard railroad.
Bruce Kellman, who spent 42 years as a staff photographer for The News Tribune, died Monday. He was 66.
Kellman shot photos of everything from soldiers shipping out to Vietnam, to the construction of the Tacoma Dome, to the Puyallup Tribe storming the Cushman Hospital building. He also shot the small moments of life that build a community's visual history.
He retired from the newspaper in 2007 after being diagnosed with bronchiectasis, a rare disease that destroys the airways. He received a double lung transplant in 2010. He died at home, surrounded by family members.
Kellman's career spanned generations. He was delighted when a local family alerted him that he had made a photo of a high school football player virtually identical to one he had shot of the boy's father more than 20 years earlier.
Kellman had a love for shooting football. He was on the sidelines most every Saturday and Sunday, covering college and professional teams. He traveled with the Huskies and Cougars to their Rose Bowl appearances, and to Detroit to shoot the Seahawks in the 2006 Super Bowl.
Kellman was born April 17, 1945, in Sycamore, Ill., and moved with his family to Selah, Wash., when he was in high school. He bought his first camera at age 9 from lawn-mowing proceeds, and got his first job photographing a wedding for a commercial studio in Yakima when he was 15. With that money, he bought a car, even though he wasn't old enough to drive.
Kellman spent his last two years of college at the University of Puget Sound, where he was yearbook photographer, graduating in 1967. During that time, he started work at The News Tribune and settled in Tacoma with his wife, Joyce, to raise their daughters, Elizabeth and Emily, and son, David.
After he retired, Kellman spent time with his family, entertaining his six grandchildren with his backyard railroad.
Kellman shot photos of everything from soldiers shipping out to Vietnam, to the construction of the Tacoma Dome, to the Puyallup Tribe storming the Cushman Hospital building. He also shot the small moments of life that build a community's visual history.
He retired from the newspaper in 2007 after being diagnosed with bronchiectasis, a rare disease that destroys the airways. He received a double lung transplant in 2010. He died at home, surrounded by family members.
Kellman's career spanned generations. He was delighted when a local family alerted him that he had made a photo of a high school football player virtually identical to one he had shot of the boy's father more than 20 years earlier.
Kellman had a love for shooting football. He was on the sidelines most every Saturday and Sunday, covering college and professional teams. He traveled with the Huskies and Cougars to their Rose Bowl appearances, and to Detroit to shoot the Seahawks in the 2006 Super Bowl.
Kellman was born April 17, 1945, in Sycamore, Ill., and moved with his family to Selah, Wash., when he was in high school. He bought his first camera at age 9 from lawn-mowing proceeds, and got his first job photographing a wedding for a commercial studio in Yakima when he was 15. With that money, he bought a car, even though he wasn't old enough to drive.
Kellman spent his last two years of college at the University of Puget Sound, where he was yearbook photographer, graduating in 1967. During that time, he started work at The News Tribune and settled in Tacoma with his wife, Joyce, to raise their daughters, Elizabeth and Emily, and son, David.
After he retired, Kellman spent time with his family, entertaining his six grandchildren with his backyard railroad.
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